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Peter Rodrigues
Personal information
Full name Peter Joseph Rodrigues
Date of birth January 21, 1944 (1944-01-21) (age 64)
Place of birth    Cardiff, Wales
Height 5 ft 9 in (1. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. 75 m)
Playing position Full back
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1961–1965
1965–1970
1970-1975
1975-1976		 Cardiff City
Leicester City
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton		 085 (2)
140 (6)
162 (2)
059 (3)   
National team
 ? - ? Wales 040 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football.
* Appearances (Goals)

Peter Joseph Rodrigues (born 21 January 1944, Cardiff, Wales) is a retired footballer, best remembered as the captain of Southampton's 1976 FA Cup winning team. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. The 1976 FA Cup Final took place on 1 May 1976 at Wembley Stadium.

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Early career - Cardiff

Peter originally turned out for his local schools and went on to be selected for both Cardiff Schoolboys and for Welsh schoolboys, before signing for Cardiff City as a professional in May 1961. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales.

Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday

Peter joined Leicester City in December 1965. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Peter was signed to fill the right back position, moving John Sjoberg into the centre of the field. Rodrigues was an established Welsh international when he arrived at City for a club record fee of £ 42,500. Rodrigues’ attacking full back play set a standard to City's play in the next decade and when Steve Whitwoth replaced Rodrigues he played with the same passion to go forward. Rodrigues was a fine over-lapping full-back who was renowned for his skiding tackles. He played in City's losing 1969 FA Cup final, missing arguably their best chance on the day, before leaving to join Sheffield Wednesday in October 1970. The 1969 FA Cup Final took place on Saturday 26 April 1969, at Wembley Stadium, London between Leicester City and Manchester City

Peter made 139 league appearances for Leicester scoring 6 goals, plus a further 29 cup appearances.

Southampton

Rodrigues was signed on a free transfer by Southampton at the age of 30 in 1975, after being released from his contract by Sheffield Wednesday. The Welsh international full-back was signed by Lawrie McMenemy as cover for Steve Mills who had been injured in a car crash and was out of action for a lengthy period of time. Lawrie McMenemy MBE (born Gateshead, 28 July 1936) is a retired football coach best known for his spell as manager of Southampton For the rugby union player see Steve Mills (rugby player For the character in the TV soap opera Shortland Street, see Steve Mills (Character Peter's first season at The Dell could not have been better with the side winning their first and only FA Cup. The Dell in Milton Road Southampton, England was the home ground of Southampton Football Club between 1898 and 2001 The 1976 FA Cup Final took place on 1 May 1976 at Wembley Stadium. Rodrigues started at right-back in the Wembley final where Southampton beat Manchester United 1-0. However, Rodrigues' second year at The Dell saw his playing days ended with a persistent knee injury.

He made 59 league appearances for Saints scoring 3 goals, plus a further 13 cup and other appearances.

Retirement

After retirement from football Rodrigues became the landlord of the King Rufus pub in Eling. Totton and Eling is a Town and Civil parish in Hampshire, UK, with a Population of around 28000 people In 1987, Peter moved back to Wales to take over another pub and set up a soccer school in Denby. Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Royal Astronomer the home

He later returned to Southampton to manage the Conservative Club where he stayed for 8 years until the death of his wife, Lin. In 2002, Peter moved to Alicante in Spain for a few years, but after re-marrying (to Kate) he has now settled back in Southampton where he now works as a driver. ||-||} Alicante ( Spanish language) or Alacant ( Valencian) is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the

In October 2004, Peter’s daughter placed his FA Cup winner’s medal up for auction. The medal sold for £10,200 and was initially said to have been purchased by a mystery bidder, but it was subsequently announced that the medal had been purchased by Southampton Football Club.

Honours

As a player

Leicester City F.C.
Southampton F.C.

References

For the full story of the medal auction see [1]

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